Pass-book



Patented Sept. 14, 1920.

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\PAss BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED APR-'8, 1919.

Patented Sept. 14, 1920.

3 $HEETS-SHEET 3- INVENTOR S TPJ' YarZ'Lrv Jf WITNESSES f ,4 TTORNEYS in place;

I To all whom it may concern.

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' THOMAS P; ivtaisvriiv, ;ria.,- or oni anom LAH E A,j.v

rinse-1300 Application fiiea April 8, 1919. Serial no. 288,520.

being the provision of a novel construction" of cover permitt ng of ready :use of the or;-

dinary pass book pad in such manner as to show the depositors name through a windowin the cover and in addition thereto identify,

if desired, a the particular account or accounts for which the pass book'is'issued; 7 I These objectsand the particular construe tion proposed by my invention for carrying the same out will be better understood from the following description, referring to the accompanying drawing forming Y a ,part of this specification, and wherein Figure 1 is a rear or outslde elevation of the pass book in open position with thep'ad Fig. 2 is a frontor inside elevation fth pass book ofFig, 1';

Fig. 3 1s a sectional View taken on theline;

' 3- -3 oflFig. 1;:

,Fig. 4 is another sectional view taken on the line 4 1 of Fig.3;

Fig. 5 iscan elevation er the ons Figs. 1and2removed;f V

Fig. 6 is a perspective view anotherform of pad;

. Fig. 7 is a perspective View illustrating the most simple form of thejin'ven'tion;v

' Fig. 8 is an inside face view;;of the cover; 1 Fig. 9 is an elevation of the pad; r r 4 Fig. 10 is an inside face view illustrating' a slightly modified form; Y Fig.- 11 is a view ofv a portion of another modified form, and

Fig. 12 is a view of of,

Referring now to-Figsl to 6 inclusive,-.my

. 'inventionproposes a pass book-embodying, a cover generally lndicated t 10, and apad which may be of several forms, as-for instance the pad 11 ofgFig. 5 wh ch is also book, as presently described: V V In the reversible form, the -passbook is of l the same construction-as when usedfor but a shown in Figs. and 2, in connection' with the cover 10, and a pad generally indicated at12inFig.6.'

The coverlO has afront 13 and aback 14,

and is provided with a sight ope'ninglti either in the front-13 only, or has an addi-; tionalfsight opening 16in its back 14L, where it is intended to be reversible in'order that two accounts may be carried in the same pass single account, and a description of its con-f structiolras applied to the window or opening 15 will therefore suflice: for a thorough understanding in view of the fact that the sightxopen ng or window 16 is but a dupli-' cation on the back 14: of the construction to be now described in. connection with the front 13 jReferringnow to Figs. 3 and which show the construction of the front 13 providing for the advantage to be presently descr1bed,.the front 13' has its sight opening 15 cut through its covering material 17, as Well as ts. inner sti'ffenlng layer-18 tofregister with a slot 'of-greater width thanthe open-Q ing '15 formed within: an inner layer19, which slot receives and supports an isinglass or. celluloid piece 20, or-othei' 'transparent covering, as wellas the'tongue 2-1 of a pass-book tab formed aspresently described. The front 13 includes an outerw'all consisting of the outer covering 17, stiffening 'layer"18,. inner'layer l9, and an'inner 'covering. 22, and an innenwall consisting of inner and outer layers'25; these inner and outer walls forming an enlarged pocket opening I inwardly alongthencentral portion :of the book COVGI'..'

Next to the inner layer 19 r is the Kama covering22 just referred to, which has a slit at the inner end of the window15, and the inner. end ofthe slot in the inner; layer 19, to

provide for the introduction-of the tongue 21 behindthe transparent covering 20' and in 'position registering "with the window or sight opening 15 to show thena neof the i owner oftheaccount, and if tdesired, data identifying the particular account where the owner has morethan one account.

The slit of the inner covering 22- appears in-Fig. 1,

where the tongue'21 is seen within the space" between the inner covering 22 and'the trans parent covering 20, the slotted opening of the inner layer 19 forming a pocket to recelve and retain the transparent covering 20 and also the tongue 21. In the figure last mentioned, the tongue 21 furthermore is seen as projecting from a portion 23 of the pad, a leaf or portion 24- of which enters the enlarged pocket or' compartment formed between the outer and inner walls ofthe'cover and opening alongits inner edge adjacent the center of the cover as abovedescribed,

; and which is of coursev duplicated upon the inner surface of-the back-161. In providing for the tongue 21, a pass book pad 2(3, as seen in Fig. 6, may-have ing out free from the lower portion along the dotted line 29, soas to form the upper tongue 21;

80, outwardlybeyond the dotted line 31,.is then cut away, leaving a portion 24, which extends into the enlarged pocket of the cover and cooperates with the tongue extending behind-the sight opening, to hold the padin place in the cover.

It is thus .to be seen that my inventionis capable of ready duplication and use in connection with both the front and back of a pass book cover 10, particularly in connection with a pad such, as indicated at 31 in Fig.

2, ruled and'readable in relatively opposite directions from :its center, so that when placed-within the cover, the latter reads correctly in upright position for each of two accounts, it being-apparent that due to their location adjacent relatively opposite ends ofthe.cover,'one of the sightopenings 15 and 16 )Will appear uppermost in either of the reversed positions of the cover.

. My invention'also provides for the use of the ordinary pass book .pad simply cut at the outer page or pages thereof along the dotted lines 29 parallel to the upper edges and below the space where the account owners name is usually written, so as to form the "necessary tonguetfor projection between the inner covering 22 of the cover and the sight opening 15, while the remainder of the outer page or pages are p'rojectedwithin the inner enlarged pockets of the cover. The most simple form of my invention is exemplified'in Figs. 7, 8 and 9, wherein the cover 35 of Figs. 7 and 8, has its outer wall f provided with asight opening 36 at one side and'has inner walls "37 at its opposite sides forming inwardly opening pockets for A section of one end, as indicated atthe reception of the outer pages orstiffened sheets '38 of a pad 39 asseen in 9, the name of the depositor being written or printed on the outer face of one of the sheets 38 as seen 'in'dotted'lines in Fig 9, to show through the window or sight opening 36, as "in Fig. 7.

As seen Fig. 10,the cover 40 may have name of the depositor written or printed at '43 on the inner surface of-one of the outer pages or stiffened sheets of the pad 44: will show when the cover is open. This form of the invention is otherwise constructed asdescr bed in connect on with Figs]? to 9 nv elusive. 1

According to the form of Figs. 11 and 12,v the-cover 45 of Fig. 11 has its outer and inner walls-provided at one side with alined openings 46, the pad itself. having the depositors name thereon as seen at 4:7, in the usual place to show through the alined open ings. This is accomplished by cutting away that portion of one of the outer pagcsor an additional opening 11 throughone of its inner pocket forming walls 42 so that the stiffened sheets 18 of the pad 49 as seen particularly at 50 in Fig. 12, which would other- Wise, obstruct the View through the open' ings46. 7

It is obvious from the foregoing that my invention is capable of various changes and modifications of which the most important only'have been shown and particularly de'-.; scribed. I

.I claim 1. A pass book cover havingfiinnerand.

outer walls forming an enlarged inwardly opening pocket upon one portion thereof, 9

the outer wall havingcan outer covering provided witha sight opening adjacent one end, and an inner covering between the pocket and the sight opening, said outer wall including an inner layer and. an inner covering between the sight opening and the said pocket, the inner layer being provided with a slot opposite the sightopening and the said inner covering being provided with a slit adjacent the inner end of the sightopening through which access may be had to the slot of the said inner layer from the pocket of the cover.

2. A pass book including a pad havinganouter tongue formed thereon to receive.

the name of the account owner, 'anda cover V larged pocket opening along the central porhaving inner and outer walls forming an en tion of the cover to receive the outer page'of the pad and the said tongue, said "outer wall including an outer coveringhaving' a'sight opening adJQCGHt'OILE end to aline with'the;

tongue and-provided with an innen'layer having a pocket opposite "the sight opening to receive the said tongue, and an inner covering between the inner layer and the said pocket which is slitted adjacent to the inner end of the sight opening to permit the tongue to be extended into the slot ofthe inner layer of the cover,' as described.

3. A pass book including a pad having. its outer pageseparated to form a tongue at one end on which the name of the account owner appears,and a cover having inner and outer walls forming an inwardly opening pocket to receive the said outer page of the pad and its tongue, said outer wall- 0f said cover including an outer covering 'hav ing a sight opening adjacent one end and an inner layer provided with a slot opposite the sight opening, a transparent cover ing for the sight opening, said slot of said inner layer forming a pocket to receive the said transparent cover and the tongue of the pad, and said outer wall also including an inner covering between the said inner layer and the outer page of the pad lying within the first mentioned pocket, said inner cov-- ering having a slot adjacent to the inner end of the sight opening to permit of the introduction of said tongue within the pocket of the inner layer, as described.

a. A pass book for bank depositors including a cover and a detachable pad therein having tongues forming name spaces for the name of the depositor the cover having inner and outer walls forming inwardly open-' ing pockets receiving the outer'pages of the V pad and said tongues, and, said outer walls being provided with sight openings for exposing the name space of the 7 pad to View through the cover and with tongue receiving sight openings.

5.- A pass book for depositors eluding a cover and a detachable pad there-- in having outer leaves one of which is pro vided with a space for the name of the deopening through which the said name space j is exposed.-

6. A pass book for bankdepositors, in-

eluding a cover and a detachable padtherein having a name space for the name of the X depositor, the cover having inner and outer 1 pockets adjacent' to said walls forming inwardly openingfpockets to'l receive the outer leaves of the pad, one of a said outer walls ofsaid cover having a sight opening through which the name space of the pad is exposed when said pad is properly positioned within the cover. ,7

THOMAS P. MARTIN. JR; 

